The Grenada gazette., 1887-06-18

| erranu 1Or me:
"Certin! certin" answered the goot
woman.
swell, I've saved an saved all the
cents I've got for the eggs l sold this
two year|I mean the eggs Tessy' 5
white hen has laid. an l want. ever so,
to buy her real doll-baby with it..
Here's dollar an fifty cents. I guess
twill buy good one; and if you'd
take it on ye to buy it should be
proper glad"
"Well l guess I will. and be real
pleased so to do. What kind do you
want?"
"Oa! l dono; I'll trust your jedg'
mcnt; somethin' kind of pretty and
smilin' like, so t Tessy'll take to IT,
So Mrs. Persons put the money into
her bead purse, and when Mrs. Turner
undressed Tessy she could not help
telling her that the real dolly would
come tomorrow night.
How Tessy laughed and jumped
about, and dimplel with joy. She
could hardly go to sleep. though her
mother sang all the hymns she knew,
even to funeral China" to soothc her
excitement.
Next day after the funeral was over,
Bijah Persons had learned. to his
great disgust, that his Uncle Eben had
left all his money to his third wife, of
whose existence 'Biiah was ignorant
till that day. since she had only mar
ried old 'Bijah Reed two months be-
fore. Mrs. Persons asked him if she
had time to 60 down Main street to
Mr. Hosmer's store to do an errand.
"Timc enough he snapped. 1.-The
hoss has got to hev his feed an a
breathin' spell; an I've got to go to
the South bridge an trade with Shep-
ard for them sheep-skins."
Mrs. Persons hoped her husband
would let her do her errand while he
went on to do his: but she hoped in
vaini he was not the man to let his
wife spend cent without his knowl-
edge and approval! Great was his
disgust when she asked for dolls and
the gentle, prim little woman behind
the counter took from the case a dozen
smiling, stiff-bodicd puppets and laid
them out for inspection.
"What in tarnation be you pricin'
them things for?' growled 'Bijah.
His wife shook in her shoes.
"Oh, Tn doin' an errand for Mis-
Turner. She wants = dolly for her
girl" ....
'Bijah shut his mouth in ominous si-
lence. ..
"Ilow much is that onc?" tremu-
lousy asked Mrs. Persons, pointing
to a long kid-bodicd doll. with blue
eyes, painted black hair, Il prim mouth.
and the sweetest smirk!
That's nine shillin'," said Miss
Burr.
~ Il take that one. It's just what
she gave me to spend for IT,
Mrs. Persons empticd the money out
of her purse into her hand, and
stretched it toward the saleswoman;
but 'Biiah's big paw pounccd on her
clasped fingers before they crossed the
counter.
'Tll take that there money!" he
growled, like an angry bear. "Enoch
Turner ha'n't no right to spend money
on trumphery an say he can't ford to
build right fence betwixt our pastur'
lots I'll see is built now. Nine
shil'in' will put up one course o rail"
But husband''-gaspcd the ter
riiied woman. "'tisn't his money, it's
her'n!'
''Slo! the amt no woman t owns
money ef her husbands livin'. Ha'
you got cent to your name, I'd like
to know"
The cruel taunt brought hot blood to
Mrs. Persons cheeks; she was helpless.
mortified, angry; and without one look
at little Miss Burr's astonished and in
dignant face. she hung down her head
and followed her lord and master out
of the shop.
Poor woman! she cried bitterly rs
they drove home on that sweet Nav
afternoon beside her silent husband;
but at last he got tired of her half
stifed sobs.
"You shet upr' he roared. Eli you
shuttle one more time I'll set We off onto
the road. an let ye scratch for hum on
your own huffs."
The threat was effectual. she knew he
would do it, for he had once before; so
she choked down her tears, and sat in
angry silence till they reached the
Turner farmhouse.
Tessy's mother had been on the
watch, and came running out into the
twilight, with her apron over her head.
"Oh, Mis- Persons! have you got itp''
she asked, Gag erly.
mo she ANTI" roared 'Biiah; "but
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